Gershon Tannenbaum (1949 – 2016) was the director of the Rabbinical Alliance of America[1][2][3] (Iggud HaRabbonim) and a longtime Jewish Press columnist (Machberes).[4][5]
His Machberes column, sometimes spanning more than one page,[5] was subtitled "News and Views of the Yeshivish and Chasidishe World."[6] Tannenbaum, in noting a Yartzeit, would sometimes recount the individual's life story.[7]
He was also the rabbi of the 1924-founded B’nai Israel of Linden Heights synagogue, in Boro Park.[8][9]
Tannenbaum was involved in helping victims of abuse,[10][11] and his concern was reflected in his writings.[12]
Tannenbaum was known for his full page[13] detailed writings in a long-running Jewish Press featured column. When the rabbi named by an Australian newspaper's "World's oldest rabbi visits Oz" headline [14] died a year later at age 106, the two line caption on the front-page photo of the funeral ended "see My Machberes."[15]
Tannenbaum was born 1949 in a DP camp located in Windsheim, Germany.[16] He continued the family history of service as a rabbi.[17]
His rabbinical studies were both in Israel and the USA.[16][18]
He is survived by his wife, their two sons who are rabbis, and two (married) daughters.[17]